Thursday, June 18, 2026

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - If it seems to you like this year is wetter so far than 2003 - which for much of Pennsylvania was the wettest on record - you are perceptive.

COLUMBUS - Ask 16-year-old Jamie Banbury of Knox County the highlight of her summer, her year, her life, and she'll tell you about the 2004 Ohio State Fair.

Thirtieth annual event marks end of era; organizers go back to educational tours.

A new set of winners came through the sale ring this year to sell their prized animals to some of the same local supporters seen throughout the years.

The Forest Legacy Program is a partnership between participating states and the USDA Forest Service to identify and help protect environmentally important forests from conversion to nonforest uses.

The public will no longer be immediately notified when tests are inconclusive. USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will instead first re-test the animal.

By using the across-breed adjustment factors, animals of different breeds can be compared on the same EPD scale.

Organizers to review and integrate guidelines from U.S. states and Canadian provinces, make recommendations to reduce liquid manure discharges.

Page by page, America's rich agricultural history is being ravaged, not by boll weevils, not by locusts, not by critters of any kind, but by time.